David Cass is President of CISOs Connect where he leads the company's peer engagement efforts, ensuring that the community is meeting the unique and evolving needs of Chief Information Security Officers. CISOs Connect is an interactive organization catering to cybersecurity leaders' education, networking, and information sharing needs.
David also is Global CISO at GSR, a global crypto market maker. GSR specializes in providing liquidity, risk management strategies, and structured products for blockchain projects and sophisticated investors in the digital assets industry. Cass is responsible for driving the firm's information security and privacy strategy, working across teams to improve existing information security and privacy, and creating new solutions to improve the safety of the digital asset space.
In addition, his experience as a Senior Partner at Law and Forensics enables him to assist various organizations with their security, regulatory, and privacy challenges.
He most recently served as a lead regulator for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York where he was a member of the Large Institution Supervision Committee (LISCC). Prior to this appointment, he was the CISO & Global Partner of IBM’s Cloud Security Service Unit where he was responsible for its security practices, processes, and policies.
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GSR
Managing Director, Chief Information Security Officer
March 2022 - Present (2 years 4 months)
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CISOs Connect and Security Current
9 years 6 months
President
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Board of Directors Member & Key Contributor
January 2015 - Present (9 years 6 months)
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Law and Forensics
Senior Partner
January 2022 - Present (2 years 6 months)
As a senior partner, David leads the Cryptocurrency and Digital Banking Practice and is a member of the Cyber Security and Forensics Practice.
Law and Forensics is a strategic forensic engineering, cyber security, and e-discovery organization with a global presence.
The firm assists clients with sensitive and complex electronic discovery, information governance, computer forensics, information security, and privacy issues.
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Harvard Extension School
Adjunct Faculty & Advisory Board Member
June 2021 - Present (3 years 1 month)
